Week of February 8, 2016 Archives

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Monday, February 8
North Korea Has Gone Too Far
Peter Hartcher, SMH
North Korea's Nuke-Capable Missile Could Hit US
G. Chang, Daily Beast
Stop Ignoring North Korea
Doug Bandow, Japan Times
Will Turkey, Russia Fan Flames Into an Inferno?
Metin Gurcan, ALM
Obama's Syrian Shame
Roger Cohen, New York Times
Does Obama Not See the Tides of War Swell?
J. Diehl, Washington Post
Europe's Bankers Move Through the Past, Darkly
W. Munchau, F. Times
Trudeau, You Must Choose: Paris or Calgary?
Rex Murphy, National Post
Despite TPP, Vietnamese Communist Hardliners Rise
S. Strangio, WPR
In Poland, the Ashes of Smolensk Smolder Yet
A. Duval Smith, Guardian
The Kremlin Creates a New Legion of Useful Idiots
Lucian Kim, Reuters
The Balts Should Learn From Tiny Israel
M. Champion, Bloomberg View
Why Would Putin Ever Attack the Baltics?
D. Bandow, National Interest
One of Europe's Last Communist Bastions Holds Out
Paul Ames, Pol. EU
How Israel Silenced Its Own Trump
Liel Leibovitz, Tablet Magazine
The Great Populists
Jacek Rostowski, Project Syndicate
Tuesday, February 9
China Needs a Lesson From Richard Nixon
Sebastian Mallaby, Atlantic
China's Great Stall?
Martin Wolf, The American Interest
The Crisis of Polling
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Saudi Arabia Is Humiliating Iran
Mudar Zahran, Jerusalem Post
Israel's Evolving Arab Alliance
Bennett Seftel, The Cipher Brief
The Rise of the Orbans in Europe
M. Bewarder & B. Kalnoky, Worldcrunch
If German Hearts Harden Toward Central Europe
Ivan Krastev, NYT
Japan Chooses the Wrong Way Out
Adair Turner, Project Syndicate
Peace in Colombia? Don't Blow It
Virginia Bouvier, Daily Beast
Rift Grows Between Israel's Government and Military
J. Cook, National
Nigeria Is Unraveling
Max Siollun, Foreign Policy
The Gulf's New, Risky Social Contract
Sultan Al Qassemi, ME Institute
The Institutional Breakdown of a Mexican State
J Bustamante, Ramen IR
We Need a Plan for Life After ISIS
Robert Fisk, Independent
China Courts the Caucasus
Emil Sanamyan, The Diplomat
A Rising Storm of Ethnic Fear in the West
Richard Cohen, Wash. Post
Wednesday, February 10
The Many Middle East Solutions
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Desperation Time for John Kerry in Syria
D. Ignatius, Washington Post
Did Bashar Assad Win New Hampshire?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
North Korea's Latest Launch: Who's MAD Now?
D. McGroarty, RCWorld
Bangladesh Will Defeat Extremism
Sajeeb Wazed, RealClearWorld
US Intel Chief: Dhaka Targeting Wrong Groups in Bangladesh
AP
I Kind of Hate the EU, but I'll Vote to Stay
George Monbiot, Guardian
What Is a Conservative to Think About the EU?
William Hague, Telegraph
Why Is Canada Leaving the Fight on ISIS?
David Bercuson, Globe and Mail
What Happens Once the Balkans Are Closed?
Der Spiegel
France on a Footing for Permanent War
Leela Jacinto, Foreign Policy
Madagascar's Brutal Sapphire Rush
Sebastien Hervieu, Worldcrunch
The Gateway Missile
Nolan Fahrenkopf, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Who Should Fear a Falling Yuan?
Christopher Balding, Bloomberg View
The Yuan Isn't About to Topple the Dollar
Milton Ezrati, National Interest
Thursday, February 11
The Iran Deal Might Have Unshackled Proliferation
Soo Kim, RCWorld
Putin Wants to See Europe Die
George Soros, Project Syndicate
3 Ways to Stop Revisionist Russia
Carl Bildt, Politico EU
There Are Simply Too Many Nukes
A. Robock & O.B. Toon, NYT
Europe's Turkish Buffer Can't Hold
Laura Pitel, Spectator
Is This France Anymore?
James Blitz, Financial Times
Sweden Kills Itself With Kindness
James Traub, Foreign Policy
England's Cornwall: Poorer Than Lithuania
Tim Wigmore, New States.
What About British Expats?
Alex Taylor, Telegraph
Northern Europeans Clueless on Anti-Semitism
Bergman, Israel Hayom
Israel's Corruption Problem Is Getting Worse
Doreen Peskin, Al-Monitor
America's New Vietnam
Ira Chernus, TomDispatch
The Ethics of Advising Donald Trump
Dan Drezner, Washington Post
Indonesia: The Reluctant Giant
Vikram Nehru, National Interest
Thailand's Military Junta Is Here to Stay
Shawn Crispin, The Diplomat
The US, UK, and Japan Must Join Their Forces
Michael Auslin, Forbes
Friday, February 12
Israel's Unprecedented Geopolitical Strength
Paul Scham, RCWorld
It's About Time We Got Tough on North Korea
Max Boot, Commentary
EU Poised to Restrict Passport-Free Travel
D. Gatopoulos & R. Casert, AP
Is Compromise Nearing in the Ukraine Conflict?
Stratfor
What Troubles Russia
Lili Bayer & Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
How Autocrats Use Democracy's Machinery
Nelli Babayan, RCWorld
Bernie Needs to Get Real on Foreign Policy
David Ignatius, Wash. Post
Taking Down the 3 Queens of Sicily's Mafia
B. Latza Nadeau, Daily Beast
Iran's Weak Grip Over Iraqi Militias
Ranj Alaaldin, Foreign Affairs
The Diverse, Squabbling World of La Resistance
R. Paxton, NY Books
ISIS Can Survive the American Military
Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy
Poland's Right Lurches Left on Health Care
Jo Harper, Politico EU
Spain's Center-Left: Act Two of a Greek Tragedy?
Pavlos Tsimas, Huff Po
Sell Peace to End Colombia's War
Mac Margolis, Bloomberg View
Darfur Is Still Burning
Eric Reeves, New York Times
Will NATO Reignite the Cold War?
PBS Newshour
Saturday, February 13
How Germany Lost Its Love for Merkel
P. Foster & J. Huggler, Telegraph
The Sexual Misery of the Arab World
Kamel Daoud, New York Times
Kissinger Feels the Bern
Gary Bass, Politico
The Syria Non-Deal
Fred Kaplan, Slate
Putin Sticks His Nose in History
Nina Krushcheva, Project Syndicate
The Pope, the Patriarch, and Putin
Anna Nemstova, Daily Beast
The Lost Magic of England
Jason Cowley, New Statesman
What the World Needs Is Old-School Realism
Tom Rogan, Nat'l Review
America, Absent From the Security Discussion
Jan Techau, Carnegie Eur.
Look at This, and You Will Understand Global Politics
M. O'Brien, WaPo
Britain's Prosperity and Influence Depend on EU
Ed Balls, WSJ
Why Is America Restarting the Cold War?
Dana Rohrabacher, Nat. Int.
The U.S. Sends Strange Messages on Iran Sanctions
Eli Lake, Bl. View
Saudi FM: Assad Is Finished
CNN
Does Obama Get an 'F' in Foreign Policy?
The Hill
Sunday, February 14
Putin May Use Syria to Destroy NATO
David Blair, Daily Telegraph
This 'Cease-Fire' in Syria Is a Farce
Andrew Peek, New York Daily News
Why Are Syrian Kurds Pivoting Toward Moscow?
Morgan Kaplan, WaPo
Europe's Convinced U.S. Won't Solve Its Problems
Josh Rogin, BV
Europe on the Sidelines
Ana Palacio, Project Syndicate
Pope Gives Tough Love to Mexico's Political, Church Elite
Winfield, AP
It's Time to Update Our Tired Image of India
Jason Burke, The Guardian
Iran's Project and Rafiq Hariri's Assassination
K. Khairallah, Al Arabiya
The Dark Heart of ASEAN
Joshua Kurlantzick, Nikkei Asian Review
A Dangerous Time for Journalists Everywhere
Paul Gillespie, Irish Times
Love and War in Eastern Congo
Jacey Fortin, Foreign Policy
Will Croatia's New Govt Ramp Up Military Spending?
Dan Darling, RCD
Meet the Most Loathed Man in Canada
Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
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